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1669:Joseph Lynch
1653:George Blake
1506:Jorge Taufua
1470:Brett Morris
1440:Amos Roberts
1428:Nigel Vagana
1404:Darren Smith
1397:Matthew Ryan
1375:Steve Renouf
1353:Alan McIndoe
1341:Gary Belcher
1307:Steve Morris
1279:Wayne Wigham
1259:Larry Corowa
1241:Johnny Mayes
1235:Bill Mullins
1113:Brian Allsop
975:Fred Gardner
947:Morrie Boyle
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72:30 July 1924
54:23 June 1887
25:Rugby player
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1904:1925 deaths
1899:1887 births
1851:Snowy Baker
1770:John Hickey
1765:Tom Griffin
1737:Rugby union
1727:Snowy Baker
1709:Snowy Baker
1480:Akuila Uate
1434:Rhys Wesser
1387:Noa Nadruku
1369:Noa Nadruku
1363:Tim Brasher
1347:Mal Meninga
1285:Terry Fahey
1231:Kevin Junee
1195:Stan Gorton
1189:Les Hanigan
1177:Johnny King
1171:Reg Gasnier
1165:Reg Gasnier
1153:Johnny King
1147:Reg Gasnier
1107:Ray Preston
1089:John Graves
1077:Ron Roberts
1043:Sid Goodwin
1009:Sid Goodwin
997:Fred Tottey
991:Fred Tottey
959:Alan Ridley
875:Frank Burge
863:Frank Burge
857:Frank Burge
746:E. Hilliard
699:(3rd title)
534:. Scrum.com
396:rugby union
388:rugby union
361:1908 London
338:Australasia
322:rugby union
101:Position(s)
1893:Categories
1663:Harry Kerr
1554:Maika Sivo
1458:Matt Bowen
1446:Matt Bowen
1393:Terry Hill
1329:Terry Lamb
1319:Phil Blake
1303:Terry Lamb
1297:Phil Blake
1291:Steve Ella
1275:John Ribot
1269:Tom Mooney
1247:Bob Fulton
1225:Bob Fulton
1219:Bob Fulton
1213:Paul Cross
1207:Ken Irvine
1201:Ken Irvine
1183:Ken Irvine
1141:Ken Irvine
1129:Tommy Ryan
1123:Tommy Ryan
1065:Bob Lulham
1053:Jack Snare
1003:Don Manson
985:Dave Brown
971:Dave Brown
953:Jack Lynch
941:Alan Brady
709:Roy Almond
628:References
583:1875169571
50:1887-06-23
36:Birth name
1760:Bob Craig
1640:Athletics
1496:Ben Barba
1486:Ben Barba
1359:Mark Bell
1083:Jack Troy
1025:Sel Lisle
839:Roy Algie
732:Jim Davis
558:Olympedia
507:Footnotes
423:Wallabies
219:Rabbitohs
143:Australia
1843:Swimming
1825:Shooting
1117:Ian Moir
1101:Ian Moir
713:O. Brown
693:squad -
495:See also
133:(Points)
106:fly-half
979:Vic Hey
650:at the
648:profile
563:7 April
538:12 July
485:Redfern
398:at the
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837:1912
831:1911
825:1910
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813:1908
479:Death
275:1910
245:Team
215:1910
185:Team
177:Club
118:Years
1399:(SL)
579:ISBN
565:2021
540:2010
465:1910
232:144
139:1909
128:Apps
123:Team
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